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Your Health
to community members’ health benefits
on Fort Irwin as well as visiting Soldiers
training at the National Training Center.”
The first AWC opened in 2005. Today,
there are 24 in the United States, Germany
and Italy. The Army plans to have 27 cen-
ters by the end of 2015 and 37 completed
Ribbon cutting at Fort Irwin Army Wellness Center by: Andrew Munsterman, AWC director; Col. Jason Wieman, commander of
United States Army Medical Department Activity, and Col. Scott Taylor, commander of Fort Irwin United States Army Garrison.
Capt. Walter Vogel – intelligence trainer with Eagle Team,
Operations Group here – and his spouse, Bethany Vogel,
sign in to use the Army Wellness Center shortly after a
ribbon cutting for the facility, Nov. 19.
For more information go to www.irwin.army.mil
by the end of 2018. All have standardized
exercise and testing equipment and are
staffed by highly qualified personnel.
Fort Irwin’s new AWC is located in
the Resiliency Center, building 127,
on the corner of Inner Loop Road and
First Street and is open Monday through
Eric Middleton, a health educator with United States Army Medical
Department Activity, explains the “Bod Pod” to community members
touring the new Army Wellness Center here, Nov. 19. The Bod Pod,
which resembles a space capsule, measures body composition,
meaning the ratio of body fat to lean muscle.
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WHO WE ARE
Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin
From WELLNESS, page 1 Commanding General
Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Satur- Command Sgt. Maj. Edison Rebuck
days, Sundays and holidays. Servicemem- Post CSM
bers, and their family members, retirees
and Army civilian employees can make an Col. Scott Taylor
appointment at the center at 380-7373 or Garrison Commander
can be referred by their unit or a physi-
cian at WACH. Command Sgt. Maj. Carlos Esmurria
Garrison CSM
Pamela Portland
Public Affairs Director
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